Hatpin attachment



|. KOHL.

HATPIN ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, I919- Patented Feb. 17,1920.

ATTORNEYS IGNATZ:KOHL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

. HATPIN ATTACHMENT.

. To all whom it may concern:

" Be it known that I, IGNATZ KorIL, a subjectof the King of Austria, and a resident of the city of New York borough of Bronx, 1n the county of Bronx and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Hatpin Attachment, of which the following Y is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to an attachment for hat pins whereby the hat pin may be adjusted so that the point of same will not project beyondthe hat but will traverse th hat material.

An object of the invention is to provide an attachment which is removable from the pin, thus permitting the use of the same attachment with different pins.

Another object of the invention is to provide an attachment which can be used with pins of different sizes.

A still further object of the invention is to provide an attachment which serves as means for locking the pin in the hat, thus preventing the loss of a pin.

With the above and other objects in view, the nature of which will more fully appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as herein fully described, illustrated and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of the application, similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views. I

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of my invention shown in use;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the attachment as it appears when it is locked on the m p 3 is a similar elevation showing the device oif the pin, the locking means being off the socket; and

Fig. 4 is a cross section on line l-l, Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 5 is a sinuous wire forming an auxiliary pin, one end of which is clamped to a carrier 6 of resilient material. The carrier is folded about the end of the auxiliary pin 5 so that the tendency of the folded parts 7 is to separate.

The parts 7 constitute the jaws of the carrier. Each has a longitudinal outward depression 8, preferably parallel to the por tion of the wire engaged in the carrier. The two depressions 8 form a socket through which a hat pin 9 maybe slid or threaded Specification of Letters Patent. I

Patented Feb. 17, 1920.

' Application filed June 6, 1919; Serial No. 302,090.

and whereby said carrier may occupy any position between the head and extremity of the pin. The tendency of the jaws to separate increases the size of the socket formed by the depressions 8 and thereby facilitates the engagement of the hat pin therewith. The larger size hat pins may have sufficient frictional-contact with the socket to retain the carrier at any desired engagement with hat pins of a smaller size, a clamping member 10 is provided.

" The clamping member 10 is of resilient material, having the cross section of a U the sides of which diverge slightly. One end of the clamping member near the base of the U is secured by a pivot 11 to a corner of the jaws 7. The other end of the clamping member 10 near the bottom forms a handle 12 to facilitate the manipulation of the clamping member. By bringing the sides 13 of the clamping member 10 over the socket formed by the depressions 8 in the jaws, the jaws are forced toward one another and, in consequence, the carrier is gripped on the pin engaged in the socket. To release the pin, the clamping member is raised from its clamping position on the carrier to the position shown in Fig. 3, when the pin can be withdrawn or inserted, as the case may be.

It is self-evident that both the carrier and the clamping member may be ornamented to suit the individual tastes of a person. The length and shape of the auxiliary pin 5 may also be varied. The purpose of said pin is to prevent an accidental displacement of the hat pin in the hat and also to increase the efficiency of the hat pin. The carrier being slidable on the pin allows the adjustment of the hat pin in the hat so that the point thereof may be positioned to engage the opposite side of the hat without projecting entirely through the material of the hat. It therefore will be seen that my attachment not only serves as a pin protector, but also as means for preventing the loss of a hat pin.

I claim:

1. A hat pin attachment, comprising a supporting pin, a sheet metal clamping mem-. ber bent between its ends and secured at its intermediate portion to said supporting pin and having its ends constituting a pair of jaws, and a clamping member pivotally connected to said jaws and adapted When' moved in one direction to clamp both jaws and force them toward each other.

2. A hat pin attachment, comprising a supporting pin, a sheet metal clamping member bent between its ends and secured at its intermediate portion to said supporting pin and having its ends constituting a pair of jaws, saidjaws having opposed pin receiving recesses therein, a clamping memberxpivotally connected to the jaws and;

ada' ted when moved in one direction to V engage both jaws and force the pin receivmg recessed portions toward each other.

3. A hat pin attachment, comprising a supporting pin, a sheet metal clamping member bent between its ends and secured at its intermediate portion to said supporting pin and having its ends constituting a I pair of jaws normally tending to separate, said jaws forming a socket for a pin, and a clamping member U-shaped in cross-section pressed portions forming a pin socket, and s a clamping member of U-shaped cross-secpivotally connected to the jaws and adapted to swing over the jaws for engaging the socket.

4. A hat pin attachment, comprising a supporting pin, a sheet metal clamping member bent between its ends and secured at its intermediate portion to said supporting pin and having its ends constituting a pair of jaws normally tending to separate, said jaws having outwardly depressed longitudinal portions substantially parallel to the supporting pin, said outwardly detion 'pivotally connected to the jaws to swing over said jaws, the sides of said U- shaped clamping member diver ing slightly so as to facilitate the engagement of said sides with the outwardly depressed portions. i

' IGNATZM KOHLQ 

